The Estuary Guide

General user

There are two main elements to the Guide:

• The discussion of best practice in how to identify and predict morphological change in estuaries;
• Details regarding methods and models available for analysis and modeling.

The first of these items consists of a number of introductory sections that provide context. Specifically these relate to:

• Estuary management; and
• Estuary setting.

The remaining sections then provide details relating to completing studies to identify and predict change. This includes the following:

• Study approach;
• Study methods;
• Presentation of findings; and
• Assessing impacts

The second item provides access to details of the various methods and models available for examining change within estuaries. Information can be accessed at a number of different levels:

• A brief explanation of each method (as grouped under 5 generic method / model types). Approximately one paragraph
• A tabulated summary of key issues for each methods (such as temporal / spatial applicability, data sources, limitations etc)
• An in-depth description of each method, including reference list.

In addition the following can be accessed:

• Supporting technical documents and information;
• Software downloads; and
• Links to relevant research.